Articles on Prayer
Prayer is the plainest thing in the Christian life and the hardest to keep up. These readings are for anyone who wants to pray and finds it difficult — the beginner who doesn't know where to start, and the believer whose praying has gone cold. You will find help on how to pray so God answers, how to keep going when heaven seems silent, and how to carry others to God. Each one is short, meant to be read in a few minutes, and each sends you on to a classic on prayer — Bounds, Murray, Ryle and others — worth reading slowly, in full, and free.
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A Short and Easy Method of Prayer: Summary and Study Guide
A reader's study guide and summary of Jeanne Guyon's A Short and Easy Method of Prayer — her classic on the prayer of the heart, its four movements, central themes, and how to read it today. Free full text on Ochorus.
How to Pray So That God Answers: Lessons from George Müller
George Müller recorded tens of thousands of answers to prayer and never once asked a person for money. Here is how he prayed — and what it still teaches us.
Power Through Prayer by E. M. Bounds: Summary and Study Guide
A reader's summary and study guide to E. M. Bounds's Power Through Prayer — its central conviction that men are God's method, its themes, who should read it, and reflection questions. Read the full text free on Ochorus.
Prayer and Praying Men by E. M. Bounds: Summary and Study Guide
A reader's study guide to E. M. Bounds's Prayer and Praying Men — his thesis that God's cause advances through praying people, its portraits of Abraham, Moses, Elijah, Daniel and Paul, key themes, and how to read it. Full text free on Ochorus.
Prevailing Prayer by D. L. Moody: Summary and Study Guide
A reader’s study guide to D. L. Moody’s Prevailing Prayer: what the book is, its elements of prevailing prayer, key themes, who should read it, and reflection questions. Read the full text free.
Purpose in Prayer by E. M. Bounds: A Study Guide
A reader's study guide to E. M. Bounds's Purpose in Prayer: its thesis that prayer must be definite and persistent, its themes, who should read it, and questions for reflection.
The Essentials of Prayer by E. M. Bounds: Summary and Study Guide
A reader’s study guide and summary of E. M. Bounds’s The Essentials of Prayer: its thesis, chapter structure, central themes, who should read it, how to read it today, and questions for reflection.
The Inner Chamber by Andrew Murray — Summary and Study Guide
A reader’s summary and study guide to Andrew Murray’s The Inner Chamber — his meditations on secret prayer and the Father who sees in secret (Matthew 6:6). Themes, structure, who should read it, and reflection questions. Read the full book free on Ochorus.
The Life of Trust by George Müller: Summary and Study Guide
A reader’s summary and study guide to George Müller’s The Life of Trust — the book’s story, structure, central themes of faith and answered prayer, who should read it, and questions for reflection.
The Ministry of Intercession by Andrew Murray: Summary and Study Guide
A reader’s summary and study guide to Andrew Murray’s The Ministry of Intercession: his plea for more prayer, the book’s structure, central themes, who should read it, and reflection questions — with the free full text on Ochorus.
The Morning Watch: Why the First Hour Belongs to God
The morning watch is the old habit of meeting God early, before the day makes its claims. Here is why Scripture, and the great believers, kept it — and how to begin.
The Necessity of Prayer by E. M. Bounds: Summary and Study Guide
A reader’s study guide to E. M. Bounds’s The Necessity of Prayer — his thesis that prayer cannot live apart from faith, desire, fervency, importunity and obedience, the shape of its chapters, key themes, and how to read it. Full text free on Ochorus.
What Is Intercessory Prayer? How to Pray for Others
Intercessory prayer is standing before God on behalf of someone else. Here is what it is, why it matters, and how to actually do it.
The Power of Persistent Prayer
Why does Jesus tell us to keep asking? Here is what the Bible teaches about persistent, persevering prayer — why it matters, what it accomplishes, and how to keep praying when heaven seems silent.
How to Pray the Psalms
The Psalms are the Bible's own prayer book. Here is how to pray them — turning their words into your own praise, lament, confession, and trust — so that Scripture teaches you to pray.
Augustine’s Confessions: A Reader’s Guide
A reader’s guide to Augustine’s Confessions: what it is, the story of his conversion book by book, why the last four books are about memory and time, the famous lines, and how to read it today.
How to Pray for Revival
Every revival is born in prayer. Here is how to pray for revival — united, persistent, honest, and God-centred — and to keep praying until he comes.